Posted for the research of anyone interested in the Vietnam War. Compiled by a member of the 2nd Infantry Division Korea War Veterans Alliance and hosted at the veterans of G Company, 8th Cavalry Regiment (Infantry) web site.

Vietnam War History Guide.. The History Beat...The Year 1969 in Photographs

A Marine is helped to an evacuation point by two buddies after he was wounded during an enemy probe of his unit's position during Operation Dewey Canyon. Marines killed 12 North Vietnamese in the fighting northwest of the A Shau Valley. Photo taken 01/13/1969.

Two F-4b phantoms of VMFA-542, Marine Aircraft Group-11, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, DaNang RVN, on their way to targets in support of Marines working in Northern I Corps. Photo taken 01/1969.

Flame Thrower. Operation New Castle. Photo taken 03/26/1967.

Helicopters of the 170th and the 189th Helicopter Assault Companies, await the leading of troops at Polei Kleng, in the Central Highlands of the Republic of South Vietnam. Photo taken 04/10/1969.

Members of Companies B and D, 1st Battalion, 501st Infantry, Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, take a break from jungle fighting east of Tam Ky. Photo taken 06/02/1969.

President Nixon speaks to assembled White House staff on the south lawn after return from Midway Island conference with President Thieu of South Vietnam. Photo taken 06/10/1969.

Soldiers carry a wounded comrade through a swampy area. Photo taken 1969.

A member of the 5th Infantry Division (Mechanized) Looks out over the fog-shrouded A Shau Valley.

Hue, Vietnam....City officials of Hue who are responsible for identifying the victims of the Tet offensive of 1968 arrange the coffins before the funeral services. Photo taken 1969.

A Private writes a letter to his family in the United States. He is a member of Company G, 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, on a search, clear and destroy mission, seven miles east of the Marine Combat Base at An Hoa. Photo taken 07/21/1969.

Vietnam. Defoliation Mission. A UH-1D helicopter from the 336th Aviation Company sprays a defoliation agent on a dense jungle area in the Mekong delta. Photo taken 07/26/1969.

A member of the 1st Brigade, 5th Infantry Division (Mechanized), takes down barbed tape (a modified form of concertina wire) surrounding the command post of Operation Utah Mesa in the A Shau Valley. Photo taken 07/1969.

A U.S. Air Force C-47 releases psychological warfare leaflets near Nha Trang, South Vietnam. Photo taken 08/1969.

Members of Company D 1st Battalion, 501st Airborne Infantry relate battle and wounds received during action east of Tam Ky, to other members of the Company. Photo taken 08/12/1969.

South Vietnam. A UH-1D Medevac helicopter takes off to pick up an injured member of the 101st Airborn Division, near the demilitarized zone. Photo taken 10/16/1969.

A Major of the 26th Marine Regiment, explains the specific features of the automatic grenade launcher. Photo taken 10/30/1969.

Marines of Company I, 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, Cross an open field while on patrol 8 miles south of the city of Da Nang. Photo taken 10/30/1969.